Author: Dick Mangrum

“It’s an incredible amount of money” 0630, Fri., 17 April 2015..lrm For a retail water supplier, such as Pioneer Rural Water District, $16.5 million is a lot of money. Pioneer board member Eddie Grant calls $16.5 million “an incredible amount,” but he believes the water district is making the right move to borrow the sum to finance the construction of […]

Oconee sheriff’s officers are indicating there is a balancing act underway to determine what happened to Clemson student Tucker Hipps and to release information to the media and public anxious to know what happened. Captain Greg Reed of the Sheriff’s Office said, “However, finding out what happened to Tucker for his family and preserving the integrity of our investigation has […]

Oconee Community Theatre will turn its attention this summer to a production of The Wizard of Oz and the formation of its first Youth Theatre. To get things started, there will be an organization meeting of interested parents and children. This meeting will be 7 o’clock Tuesday night at the theatre in Utica. Herschel Harper of the board of directors […]

State officials are announcing today that a subsidiary of a German-based company will open a plastics manufacturing operation off I-85 in the Alliance Industrial Park in Anderson County. The first U-S facility for the EuWe (OY-vay) Group plans an $11 million investment and, by full scale production, will offer 49 jobs. Those interested in applying for work should visit the […]

There’s a prospect to fill up space in an empty section of a West Union shopping center, but the town has ruled out tax abatement for the business. According to Mayor Linda Oliver, the town council this week considered the prospect’s request to abate property taxes for up to five years. But Oliver said the town was told by County […]

Multiple charges have been placed by the Oconee Sheriff’s Office as the result of a late Tuesday night incident on Bessie Lee Drive near Walhalla. According to the Sheriff’s Office announcement, three charges were placed against Thomas Gregory Lockridge Jr: kidnapping, assault and battery first degree, and criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature. The 28-year old Lockridge […]

South Carolina DHEC has referred one person to a private health care provider to talk about post-exposure treatment after being potentially exposed to a rabid bat in the Clemson area of Pickens County. The bat was found dead in a room where the person was sleeping. But there was no obvious evidence that the victim was bitten or scratched. The […]

Dan Alexander, representing the South Carolina Department of Vocational Rehabilitation, reminds everyone of tonight’s important information meeting in Seneca. From 6 to 7:30 at the Gignilliat Community Center, you can learn about resources available to the Oconee County community. Several agencies that provides services to the public will be represented.

Seneca’s Borg Warner TorqTransfer Systems took home the 2015 Silver Crescent Award during this week’s South Carolina Manufacturing Excellence Awards held at Greenville’s TD Convention Center. According to Richard Blackwell of Oconee Economic Alliance, the awards Tuesday were judged by a panel of experts from the Association for Manufacturing Excellence and based on demonstrated performance in citizenship, employee engagement, customer […]